phrasal verb · neutral
give over to
UK/ɡɪv ˈəʊvə tuː/US/ɡɪv ˈoʊvər tu/give·o·VER·to
to hand something over to someone or to devote something (time, energy) to a particular purpose; (informal BrE) to stop doing something
Examples
“They gave over the management of the project to an outside firm.”
“Much of the afternoon was given over to discussion of the budget.”
“Please give it over — we don't need any more gossip.”
Band 8 sentence
“The board decided to give over responsibility for the marketing campaign to a specialised agency to improve results.”
Collocations
- give over the management/control to
- give over time to + activity
Word family
Common mistakes
give over management to→give over the management to
gave over for two hours→gave over two hours to
Say it for a higher band
5give→6hand over→7+give over to
Synonyms
hand over
devote to
Easily confused
hand over
“They handed over the documents to the police.”
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